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A Different Perspective On Snow Leopard's Exchange Support

Posted by timothy on from the your-jeans-are-100pct-patches dept.

imamac writes "Apple Insider has an interesting perspective on the MS Exchange support built into Mac OS X 10.6 and how it essentially frees Apple from all things Microsoft: 'Windows Enthusiasts like to spin Apple's support for Exchange on the iPhone and in Snow Leopard as endorsement of Microsoft in the server space. From another angle, Apple is reducing its dependence upon Microsoft's client software, weakening Microsoft's ability to hold back and dumb down its Mac offerings at Apple's expense. More importantly, Apple is providing its users with additional options that benefit both Mac users and the open source community.'"

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  1. "dumb down?" by FlyByPC · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hey, Microsoft wasn't the one who decided that Mac users didn't need the right mouse button. If part of the "dumbing down" is a lack of easily-accessible context menus, blame the Mac GUI.

    I keep hoping to find a good Linux UI that has the look-and-feel of Windows XP Pro (running a Classic Windows theme), but without the BSOD et al.

    --
    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  2. Re:If this is his experience level . . . by agnosticnixie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Partially, yes since he has a mac.

  3. Re:If this is his experience level . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since he's pimping the equivalent of a tonka-toy operating system I'd liken him to a chiropractor - mostly full of crap & definitely not the guy to diagnose anything.